Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3183, William Eakin, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
MC
Eakin, William
R 3183
CONTENTS

William Eaken
& Heirs.
— 11 —
Now claiming for service in North Carolina — first claimed for Virginia service.

A declaration, Supplementary to the filed in the pension office, by the heirs of William Eakin, wherein they did allege that said William Eakin entered the Continental Army in the State of Virginia, whereas by proof adduced, it appears they were mistaken, that he entered said Army in the State of North Carolina, they now by permission, amend said declaration on file, with the present supplemental one, referring to the former one for all the facts set forth of service, marriage, and identity of the heirs, death etc. of him & his widow.
State of Virginia Jan'y 23 rd to 1855, County of Washington 355. I John Eakin heir at law, of William Eakin dec'd of the revolution, do hereby on oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that William Eakin did enter the service in 17... for the term of... and served as a... in the Regiment No... Under the command of Colonel... of the North Carolina line, and that he continued in service aforesaid until the... I further declare that he never received pension from the United States, nor do I believe, he ever transferred his claim to it, in any manner whatsoever, he claims pension under act of 7 th June 1832.
Know all men by these presents, that I William John Eakin aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint John W. G. Edmonason to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, such amount of pension, as may be due the day of said William Eakin, and my said attorney is hereby full authorized, and empowered, to constitute and appoint, one, or more attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
John Eakin. Personally appeared the above named William John Eakin, Seal'd subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subscribed to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. Attest, W. G. Edmonason JP

Attest
In testimony that the above William L. Edmondson was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments &c in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his name thus subscribed appears to me to be his usual Signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed My Name and Quality at the Clerks Office in Abingdon this ninth day of February 1855.
Jacob Lynch Clerk of the County Court of Washington in the State of Virginia
Signed John, Son of W m Eaken Says. the following is What, he has often heard his Father say, W m Eaken was Born and raised in Pennsylvania. — Moved to Berkeley County Virginia, several times, first at the South, or Virginia, (With Abram — McConnell) he cannot say. — Then served in the South, was at Chatham Cheram Hills, was in Morgans Retreat When surrounded by the British Army, When near of Morgans Army crossed the Gadsden River the British arrived on the opposite Bank in pursuit, Main Army halted at Guilford — he and his Company was in charge of British prisoners, — took them on to Charlottesville 1781 he and him say, Genl. Stevens was along When they crossed the Gadsden River, does not know whether he was Genl. in Command. — how he got into the Southern Army from Virginia — does not remember of hearing him say. — After War, moved to Washington County where he died, from the fact of residence in Berkeley Co. Cheram he made a various declaration and said, he went from Virginia, — that was his suppositions belief — his Captain at any time of service he cannot disprove, but respectfully

Refers to that part of his proof filed, where he mentions McLean's will & the copy of McConnells discharge, to show some of Officers he was under, in part of Service in said War, having alleged, that Wm Eaken served in Continental line. did not know the difference of Service until now informed by my Attorney - therefore must probably be mistaken, he may only have performed Service, but also in his proof, to be obtained from Comptroller's Office etc. which is applied for.

John Eakin Esq.
W m Eakin decd Va
Act June 7, 1832
J. W. Stevens Abingdon Va

The declaration of John Eakin, one of the Heirs of William Eakin a Revolutionary Soldier, who died in the County of Washington in the State of Virginia on the  day of May 1834 he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act of Congress the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 7th day of June 1832 wherein it is provided, that persons who served in the War of the Revolution if living on the 7th day of June 1832, shall receive pension from the 4th day of March 1831.
State of Virginia, County of Washington,
On this 26 th day of July 1853 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, John Eakin a Resident of Said County, aged 54 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, declare, and make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 7th day of June 1832. Granting pensions to persons who served in the War of the Revolution, that his Father the Said William did serve two alternate tours of six months duty in the Revolutionary (war) army, that in one tour of duty he served under (he thinks) Capt George or John Scott, and had in his Wife, on Said Company, Alamo McCune, served a a part of the time and discharged at a place called Baskin ridge , that he was at the Battle of the Cowpens - and under
Morgan, and one of a Guard, who guarded the prisoners to Charlotte or Chastletonville. that he was stationed at Cheraw South Carolina, that he did serve two tours of six months each, but the service or incidents or circumstances of each particular tour he cannot designate, but enumerates them as a whole, and that he was honorably discharged from Said Service, but what has become of his discharges he cannot tell. he therefore prays that the amount of pension due to the Said William from the 4th day of March 1831 to the  day of May 1834 be now awarded to his Heirs, under Said act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
John Eakin (Seal)
Sworn to, and Subscribed the day and year above written M c Henry J.P.

State of Virginia ) Washington County ) Sc
I Jacob Lynch Clerk of the court of the said county of Washington, do hereby certify that John A. Humes whose genuine signature appears within, now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said county, duly elected, commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court this first day of August 1853.
Jacob Lynch Clk.

No 38,610.
Wm Eakin, deed Va
Engr d
Ex J. W. Stevens Sep 26. 1853
J. W. Stevens 10 th Oct. 1853.
RH Gallaher 10 Octo 1853
Same Nov 11 1853
Mr Stevens Nov 25 1853
J. W. Stevens 30 th Nov. 1853.
same Jany 2 1855
Act June 7. 1832
38,610
William Eakin dec d
Engr.
Virginia
Mr Stevens Sep 25 1853
RH Gallaher 10 Octo 1853
Same Nov 11 1853
Mr Stevens Nov 25 1853
Same 30 Nov 1853
same Jany 2 1855
3183
June 7, 1832

Aug. 10, 1853.
Appl of John Eakin, son of William Eakin, Virginia.
Original
Act 7 th June, 1832.
J. W. Stevens, Abingdon, Va.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BU

Nov. 25, 1853.
Adopter in case of William Pakin
FREE
J. W. Stevens, Abingdon, Va.
Washington City D.C.
John C. Brown of Pulaski - Va. - to J. W. Stevens
Sept. 9, 1853.
Adopter in case of William Pakin, Dico.
John C. Brown of Pulaski
J. W. Stevens, Abingdon, Va.
Post Office
Washington City
D.C.
FREE

O. W. and N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
_____, 189____
Respectfully returned. The data furnished does not identify claim.
Please return _____ with this slip.
◆◆◆ MEMORANDUM.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Name of claimant, _____
Name of soldier, _____
Service, _____ (Company, regiment, and State.)
Additional service, _____
If unabl-

3183 Ref.
Mr. Baker
July 2nd 1853
As Cpt. Scott NC
June 6th
Not shipping
Died May 1834

THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
GENERAL ORGAN OF THE M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
REV. E. E. ROSS, LL.D., EDITOR.
Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1902
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. My dear Sirs:
A few days ago you sent me a statement that a pension was refused the heirs of W m Eakin, revolutionary soldier because of lack of proof. This application was filed by W m Eakin's son John on behalf of himself and other children. The application was filed in Washington County

Virginia - Should you be willing to give me copies of the papers filed? I wish to get all the informa- tion I can concerning William Eakin. Are the names of his other children given? Mr Eakin also took part in the battle of Guilford Court House. Please let me hear at your earliest convenience.
Very respectfully, Mary Hess.
Miss Hess
2106 West 3rd Ave., Nashville, Tenn.

Feby. 10-1902 Miss Mary Ross Nashville Tenn
Feby 22-1902 Names of children to above & copy cannot be furnished.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3183 P. O. William E. Ecken Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Hirgdon Augt 5th 1853
Hon Com
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the declaration of the Heirs of Mrs. Eaken, by his son Capt John Eaken for an Arrear of pension, they claim for the Widow with her death in right of the Fishing services under Act of 7th June 1832.
I am Dear Sir Very respectfully your Obedt Servt
J. M. Howard
proof of Identity of Heirs &c sent shortly.

Atkinson Sept 5th 1853
Hon Cour.
Dear Sir
Enclosed is proof of Identity of W m  u Watkins Heir
I am Dear Sir Very Respectfully your Obt St J. P. Stevens
Further proof to the point soon

Abingdon Nov 27 1853.
Hon Comr.
Dear Sir,
Having had a declaration of the Heirs of W m Eakin made before our Court. I now enclose it. Eakin's Heirs, Contend that their Father served two terms of service, the last at Yorktown, at the close of the War, the McConells, Whose Father was in the same Company with Eakin say, they have heard their Father speak of their service together. It is contended they were both discharged on the same day, and their discharges were Identically the same. with the Copy Certified to of McConnell,
I am Dear Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
J. W. Stewart

Hon Cour. Abingdon Nov. 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed is proof of the Service of William Daken
I am Dear Sir Very respectfully Your Affec SA
G. Stevens

Virginia. The Circuit Court continued and held for Washington County, at the Courthouse, on Friday the 16 th day of November 1853.
Thomas McConnell appeared in open court, and made oath, that he has often heard his father, (Thomas McConnell) say that William Eakin served with him in the Revolutionary War, in the same company, and perhaps, in the same mess - which is ordered to be certified.
I, Peter J. Branch, Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Washington in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit of Thomas McConnell, in relation to the services of William Eakin in the War of the Revolution, is a true transcript from the records of the said Court, and that the said Circuit Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. Given under my hand, and the seal of my office at Abingdon this 16 th day of November 1853.
Peter J. Branch C.C.

Sturminster Newton Compt of pensions Jun 28th 1855,
Dear Sir
I enclose Supplementary declaration of John, Son of Wm Eaten re: for pension, he will adduce proof of service from Compt when he has applied for it.
I am Sir Very respectfully your Obedt Servt
J. M. Thomas

Atkinson Febr. 23 d 1854 Commr of pensions,
Dear Sir,
Having Exhausted Every Effort to Obtain proof of Service, in the Case of W m Eakin, a Short time ago. I was informed, by a Very Old Citizen of the County of Smythe, that W m Eakin Entered the Service in the State of North Carolina, and the Reason his Hrs Supposed he Went from Virginia Was, he Settled here directly after the War. I Immediatly Wrote to the Comptroller at Raleigh, On the Subject, and am informed W m Eakin's Name appears on the Rolls in that Office. The Hrs, having alleged in their declaration, that he Went from Virginia, is it Competent now , for them to Amend the declaration by stating he Went from N.C. and Identifying him as the Soldier who Served in said State, and Father of said Hrs, If that Can be done, I Will Obtain Certificate of Service
I am Dear Sir Very respectfully Your Aff te St J. M. Brown

Virginia
A Court continued and held for Washington County the 23 d day of August 1853.
Ordered that it be certified that it appears to this court by legal and satisfactory evidence that William Eakin who was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States, departed this life in this county on the _____ day of May 1834, that he left no widow. And it is further ordered to be certified that the said William Eakin had nine children whose names are Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine, Jane, Sarah, Ann, John and Willey. That the said Mary intermarried with John Orr, the said Elizabeth married James Scott, the said Catherine married Tobias Smyth, the said Jane married Moses Spadden and after his death Thomas Montgomery. The said Sarah married David Duff, the said Ann married Abraham Snodgrass, and the said Willey married William Speer. That the said Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine, Sarah and Ann are dead, all of whom left children whose names are unknown.
The foregoing is a true copy from the records of the court of the said county of Washington. In Testimony whereof,
Jacob Lynch Clerk of the court of the said county have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said court. This third day of September 1853.
Jacob Lynch Clk.

The declaration of the heirs of William Eakin, by his son John Eakin, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, Respectfully shows to,
State of Virginia
County of Washington 355. On this 26th day of Febry 1853
personally appeared in Open Court, John Eakin a resident of the County of Washington and in the State of Virginia, aged 54 years, Who first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, Make the following declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832, that his Father William Eakin, was a Volunteer from the State of Virginia, under the Command of Capt George Scott, and that he was honorably discharged, at a place called Baskerville on the 1st day of April 1777 after having served out the full term of his enlistment, that his discharge has been lost or destroyed, that the Officers who who Commanded him, and with whom he was associated, are dead, and removed from whom, living testimony cannot be had, that the said William Eakin, and Abram McConnell, were both musketeers in Capt Scotts Company - that they were both discharged on the same day - that they both moved to, and resided in the County of Washington up to the day of their death, that they both, in the Company of others have been heard to relate their service in the War of the Revolution, and that the discharge of Abram McConnell is identical to that of William Eakin, which is lost, is in the words & figures following (to wit) This is to Certify, Baskerville April 1st, 1777, that Abram McConnell, a Soldier in my Company of Volunteers from Virginia, have served out the term of his enlistment & is hereby discharged from the service
Geo. Scott Cap t
he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever, except the present, and that the Name of the said William Eakin is not on any

pension Roll or Agency, in the United States for paying pensions, nor did he ever make application for pension that the Battles he was in, or the reg t or Field Officers Who Commanded him, are unknown, that the said William Eaken Was Married in the County of Berkeley.
17 That he died on the May  July 1831 in the County of Washington, that he left no Widow, Who died in said County of Washington on the day of 18 That her Maiden Name Was. ( She was  She was  born in  born in  the  the  County of  County of  Berkeley  Berkeley  Virginia  Virginia ) that She Was Married in the County of Berkeley Virginia sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, and the said Court do hereby declare Their Opinion, that the above named William Eaken Was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as stated, the testimony being such, as can be relied on, by the Court.
John Eaken Heir
I, Jacob Lynch Clerk of the Court of Washington County do hereby Certify, that the foregoing, contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the Heirs of William Eaken for a pension In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set My hand and seal of Office this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three And I Certify, that the words and figures of the discharge of Nathan McConnell, Copied, and inserted in the above declaration is a true Copy, from the original now before the Court.
Jacob Lynch Clk

POWER OF ATTORNEY,
F R O M
T O
R. H. Gallaher.
Filed. .... 185
B Y
R. H. Gallaher,
Attorney.
Copyrighted by John S. Gallaher, Jr.
Murphy & Co. Printers & Stationers, 173 Market St. Balt.

POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I John Eakin of Wm Eakin a resident of the County of Washington and State of Virginia do hereby select, ordain, constitute and irrevocably appoint, with power of substitution, John M'Evoy Attorney of Abingdon Virginia my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, for me and in my name, place and stead to examine, inter, enter, prosecute, file and defend before the proper Department of Government, or other Tribunal, any claim, or suit, in my behalf, or in which I may be legally interested, by virtue of my Claim for pension in right of my Father, William Eakin, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, under the Act of Congress of the 7th day of June 1832 Granting Pensions to persons who were engaged in Engaged in S d Service. And further empowering my said Agent and Attorney, or his substitute, to apply for, and receive, any Money, Bounty Land or Bounties, Pension Claim or Claims, or other Dues, of any kind whatsoever, that may be found to be due me for pension under said Act. When due to the Soldier, or to the Widow, in his right, and not claimed by either of the parties, it is Competent for the Hrs to Claim and Obtain said pension. And further empowering my said Agent and Attorney, and authorizing him to accept therefor, and give full and free acquittance thereof, in his name, as my Agent and Attorney in fact, but all for my benefit and behoof. Herby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Agent and Attorney may lawfully do, or cause to be done, as in these premises specified, and as though I were present personally, and acting for myself. Binding my heirs, legal representatives and assigns to comply with, and fully carry out and complete any obligation, contract, or agreement, that is, or may be made between me and my said Agent or Attorney, his legal representatives, heirs or assigns.
Signed, Sealed, and Acknowledged in presence of
J B Morris Robt Bailey
In Virtue whereof, I do hereunto affix my Hand and Seal this 26 day of July 1853 Witness: John Eakin
L.S.

State of Virginia
County of Washington
On this 26th day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three before me John A. Hurnes Justice of the peace and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared John Paken , a resident of said County the identical person whose name is subscribed to the annexed Power of Attorney, and being duly questioned, acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, as specified.
In Testimon whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my name, the day and year first above mentioned.
J. A. Hurnes
State of
County of
Virginia
Washington
Jacob Lynch
State of the County Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John A. Hurnes whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit, is, and was, at the time of signing the same, a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn: that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the Seal of my Office, at Abingdon this first day of August A. D. 1853
Jacob Lynch Clerk.